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Primate, one replacing duke in cricket ground (5)
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Lord’s is the cricket ground – D replaces I
Time to tie up outside club, securing old vessel (9)
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MOOR (to tie up) around (outside) T (time) O (old) in BAT (club)
Singer, a large youth overcome by drink (9)
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A L LAD in BEER
Prelude written in fortnight going west (5)
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reverse (going west) hidden (in)
Young rogue backing game with companion taking part (6)
Support from beneath, subject to identification (8)
Pressing news outlets to probe unusual item (9)
Warning given by small number touring Oklahoma (5)
Experience discrimination (5)
Aggressive man in church trapping female bird (9)
Boring type carrying articles for old animal minder (8)
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A THE in NERD (boring type); neat is an old word for a cow or other domestic bovine animal. Is a nerd always boring? Debate.
A lot of people I originally found in a mountainous region (6)
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MASS (a lot of people) I F[ound]
Retired woman concealing worry about written work (5)
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AIL (worry) in DI (random woman) reversed
Fit to be lived in by husband having a few talents? (9)
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H (husband) A BIT ABLE; if someone has a few talents, they might be called ‘a bit able’. Or would that be mean they had one talent, but only to a moderate degree? Discuss.
Caught in hospital department and ticked off (9)
Hear possibly bawdy round (5)
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Party passionate about current venture initially requiring many workers (6-9)
Priest captivated by churchgoer's saintly memorial (5)
Main sentence identifying cormorant, for example (7)
Shabby-sounding carriage? (4)
Swiss hero absorbing a tirade over a lively dance (10)
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A RANT in [William] TELL above (over) A
Right to retain the last word about one's clothing (7)
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I in AMEN (last word in the Bible) in RT
Forthright Open University man accepting special post (9)
Old Icelandic character appearing personally, a constant irritation (5,2,3,5)
US composer's endless ambition to produce close harmony (10)
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[Samuel] BARBER’S HOP[e]; and here’s Barber’s setting of James Agee’s poem ‘Sure on this shining night’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8rd_mJ_bE0&ab_channel=TolosaChoralContest. James Agee’s film criticism is worth looking up. He was a master of the art.
Many initially help, engaging a good physio (9)
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M[any} A G in ASSIST; sounds more professional than masseuse, somehow
Shrub ambassador introduced to new padre (7)
Frenzied Italian brought up in country, mostly (7)
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IT (Italian) reversed in FRANC[e]
Drunkard pinching a bishop's footwear (5)
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A B in SOT
A graduate in education, retired possibly (4)
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